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"There are idiots on my side of the tribe who will be provocative just as there are idiots on Michelle's side of the tribe who will try to be provocative with culture," he said.

He knows the inclusion is provocative but says that’s the point: to show how words can be twisted or emptied of meaning, including in debates over Israel’s war in Gaza.

Critics view the statue as provocative political theater.

It’s a tricky balancing act that Feinartz depicts with candor, grace and patience, never letting the film’s provocative pathos turn overly grim or sentimental.

"Nudity must be coupled with other circumstances that make the visual depiction lascivious or sexually provocative," Judge Olguin wrote, quoting from an earlier ruling.